Improvement in corsets



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

LYMAN H. LOOMER, ANDREW F. LOOMER, AND LOWVELL M. SMITH, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS TO L. L. LOOMER 8Z5 SONS,

OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,665, dated December 16, 1873; application filed $eptember 24, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LYMAN H. LooMER, ANDREW F. LOOMER, and LOWELL M. SMITH, of Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Corsets; and we do hereby declare'the'following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, an d which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents, iii- Figure 1, a diagram of the several parts from which each half of the corset is formed; Fig. 2, one-half of a corset as made from the several parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in method of cutting corsets, whereby the employment of gores or pieces less than the length of the corset is unnecessary; and it consists in a corset made from several parts out in the form shown in the accompanying drawing, and hereinafter described.

The front 1, Fig. 1', is, preferably, cut of sufficient width to form the pocket for the steel, gradually swelling toward the upper end upon the opposite edge. The second piece 2 is substantially alike upon both edges, swelling from about half-way its length toward the top. The third piece 3 has its edge toward the front corresponding to one edge of the second piece, so that when the three pieces 1 2 3 are joined together, the requisite fulhiess will be given to the top without the introduction of gores. These three parts downward from where the fullness commences are of nearly equal width, the edges of each piece through that portion being nearly parallel to each other. The third piece upon the rear edge curves outward toward the top. The fourth or hip piece is rear edge of the fifth piece is curved substan= tially as the front edge, the fourth and fifth pieces forming the fullness necessary forthe hip. The sixth or back piece is straight upon its rear edge. and curved its entire length, and, when attached to the rear edge of the fifth piece, gives the requisite curvature for the back. The, broken lines on the-several pieces indicate the pockets for the bones.

The parts thus out are united at their respective edges in the usual manner, and form one-half of the corset, as seen in Fig. 2; the other half is the same, except the parts are cut the reverse.

By this method of cutting the most perfect form is given to the corset, and without the employment of gores or pieces shorter than the length of the corset.

We do not wish to be understood as broadly claiming a corset made without gorcs; but

We claim as our invention- The herein -described corset, made from pieces having the configuration herein described, and shown in accompanying illustration.

L. H. LOOMER. A. F. LOOMER. LOWELL M. SMITH.

Witnesses S. M. GARDNER, L. L. LOOMER. 

